Healthy Habits,
Healthy Bodies,
Healthy Futures
Raising a healthier generation of kids!
Today, nearly 3 in 5 kids in the US begin their lifelong battle with weight issues long before their 5th birthday. Behind these daunting statistics are real-life parents and caregivers who are struggling to help their children grow into healthy adults.
Raising healthy and competent eaters shouldn’t be so hard, yet it is one of the greatest parenting challenges of this generation! Fortunately, there is another way!
Introducing Nutrition Nanny®! Healthier is about to get a whole lot easier!
Healthy eating habits do not develop naturally.
Similar to learning how to read, learning how to eat healthfully is a skill that requires instruction and guidance. The good news is,
it’s never too late
to get started!
"The Very Hungry Cave Boy" Now Available for Kindle on Amazon!
Our Modern-Day Challenge with Kids and their Brains
How do we raise self-moderated and healthy children in the era of instant gratification? We start by educating them on the most important “computer software” that exists: Our brains.
The Very Hungry Cave Boy introduces kids to the primitive system of the brain that drives pleasure, motivation, and eventually, addiction. Designed to once help us survive extinction, kids will learn how this powerful system is still with us today, and how it continues to influence our daily decisions in our modern-day world.
Pregnancy Plans
Prenatal & Pregnancy
According to advancements in the scientific field of metabolic programming, Mom’s diet and nutritional status before and during pregnancy plays a significant role in shaping her baby’s metabolism and future health. But eating for two can be challenging – regardless of best intentions!
Nutrition Nanny® understands these challenges, and is here to help guide you throughout as you literally grow a healthy human!
Child & Family Plans
Toddler & Preschool
From early infancy throughout the early elementary years, there are many feeding and food-related challenges that unknowingly take our kids off track to building healthy habits and behaviors, and down a far more challenging path.
From picky eaters to incessant snackers, eating habits and patterns established early in life can persist well into young adulthood without intervention. It’s not too late to get back on track!
Youth & Family Plans
School-age & Adolescence
Helping children and adolescents re-establish a healthier weight and relationship with food is a complicated issue and requires a multi-pronged approach that includes environmental, behavioral and lifestyle factors.
And because every child and family dynamic is unique, Nutrition Nanny® provides customized approaches to nutritional guidance through our NutriBlocks™ system, education, and actionable steps.
YOUR PLAN FOR BETTER FAMILY HEALTH THROUGH A CUSTOMIZED APPROACH STARTS... NOW!
NUTRITION NANNY IS BASED ON PROVEN SCIENCE… AND PUT IN PRACTICE BY REAL FAMILIES WITH REAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION CONCERNS
Nutrition Nanny is an active system of Nutrition Plans for Children and Families.
Nutrition Nanny® makes healthier easier ! Let’s face it – when it comes to raising healthy and self-moderated eaters in a food environment designed for over-indulgence, parents today have their work cut out for them!
According to current statistics, nearly half of kids today have pre-obesity or obesity. Healthier needs to be easier, and through innovative products, programs and services, Nutrition Nanny® is empowering parents and caregivers to do just that! Together we will raise a healthier generation!
FAMILY ACTION PLANS:
Each family Action Plan is customized according to the information and data provided via our Lifestyle and Diet Profile, as well as any additional information collected during our 30-minute parent/caregiver introductory video call.
All family Action Plans address 3 foundational pillars to success: Nutritional, Environment, and Behavioral. All 3 pillars are reinforced through education and reflective learning exercises.
Coaching
Action is realized through our secured 1:1 family Zoom Video Coaching Sessions!
CHILD & PARENT/ CAREGIVER EDUCATION
Kids today are denied an incredibly important education on how their brains are hard-wired for pleasure, especially when it comes to food choices and eating behaviors!
This is the Nutrition Nanny® educational “secret sauce” and will be delivered through fun and relatable content and activities that inspire awareness, mindfulness, and healthy behavior reinforcement.
Parents are also denied that same incredibly important education, so we make sure you get it here!
As the gatekeepers to the foods in your home and behaviors you reinforce, it is essential to gain a better understanding and perspective on the foods that are heavily marketed to our kids today, and empower you with the “know how” to make informed choices as you navigate the aisles of the grocery store!
MAINTENANCE
It takes practice, patience, and perseverance to transform new changes into new habits – and that means ongoing support and guidance from Nutrition Nanny®. Let’s be honest… activating nutrition programs for children and families requires a plan! As an Action Plan member, you will be entitled to a 50% discount on monthly coaching follow-up sessions for the first 12 months following your last Action Plan session. In addition, you will also receive our monthly newsletter and links to new blog posts.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
Deirdre Pizzoferrato, RDN, CDN
Founder and CEO of Nutrition Nanny®
Deirdre’s 20+ years of experience as a pediatric registered dietitian in both healthcare and entrepreneurial sectors, combined with a solutions-driven tenacity is what sets her apart as an industry-shaping innovator. In her tenure as Director of Protocol Innovation for an international weight loss company, Deirdre led the R&D on a pioneering approach to weight loss stabilization and long-term maintenance. In July of 2021, Deirdre left her position in adult weight management to return to her true passion: child and adolescent nutrition. Nutrition Nanny® is a solutions-driven platform dedicated to stemming the tide of child and adolescent obesity by empowering parents, caregivers, and pediatric clinicians – the real agents of change!
Deirdre draws from a bottomless source of inspiration: her three nearly-grown children! For over 19 years, Deirdre has faced almost every food-related parenting challenge – starting as early as pregnancy and throughout the school-age years. And now her latest chapter: the teen years! And while it may be assumed that being a pediatric dietitian would have its advantages when it comes to raising “healthy eaters” – that assumption was debunked very early on! In fact, it was back in the early 2000’s while trying to raise her own healthy and self-moderated eaters that Deirdre recognized just how compounded this challenge really was.
It was 2010, and the epidemic of childhood obesity had not only captured front-page news, but it had also captured the concern of the nation and the focus of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s signature campaign, Let’s Move! Yet, despite the national spotlight and monumental call to action, there was very little outreach, tools or guidance for those on the frontline of this epidemic: Pediatricians and the families themselves!
This realization has been the fire that has fueled Deirdre’s mission and her passion to provide innovative solutions to a bourgeoning epidemic, and there has never been a more urgent time to return to her mission than now. In the wake of a national shut-down and the devastating interruption to our children’s daily activities, habits, and routines, Deirdre sees hope and a way forward through Nutrition Nanny®.
JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY
Motivation: Primary Prevention IS Primary Care!
When it comes to primary prevention, we are COMPLETELY missing the mark!Before, during and immediately after pregnancy, we have an extraordinary opportunity to impact our children's long-term health through our very own diet! That's right, the saying, "eating for two"...
Motivation: Mindlessness
We are all guilty of it: phones, laptops, 24/7 network news – there is always something that is taking our attention away from the present moment. And this generation is the most affected – ever! Starting as young as toddlers, children today are simultaneously...
Motivation: What’s Behind Our Choices?
There is a Lack of Education about why we eat: Most kids can confidently point out the healthier choice when presented with an apple and a blue-frosted cupcake, but when it comes to them actually choosing between the two - it's fair to say that most would probably...
NUTRITION NANNY’S MISSION
Our Vision: To build a healthier future of mankind,
one generation at a time.
At Nutrition Nanny® our mission is to stem the tide of childhood obesity by creating a new, pragmatic approach and paradigm shift in how we prevent, manage, and mitigate overweight and obesity. Our programs and action-oriented approacg provides sound, scientific, and thoughtful nutritional plans for children and families. Beginning as early as conception and continuing into early adulthood, Nutrition Nanny® is dedicated to supporting this continuum through innovative products and programs designed to engage, educate, and inspire kids of all ages, while empowering parents and caregivers with information, tools, and skills aimed at making healthier … easier!
TRENDING
Are you concerned about your child’s weight gain since the pandemic began? If you are, then you are not alone. According to a recent study by the CDC, the rate of weight gain among kids of all ages is staggering, but the highest rate of weight gain occurred in children between the ages of 5 and 11. These also happen to be the most formative years when food preferences are determined and eating habits and behaviors are established – most of which will be carried into adulthood without intervention.
Universal School Meals becomes law
From VermontBiz, Weds. June 1, 2022:
Vermont Students to Receive No-Cost Breakfast and Lunch for 2022-23
https://vermontbiz.com/news/2022/june/01/universal-school-meals-becomes-law
Glastonbury Resident Launches Nutrition Nanny, Addressing Pregnancy, Childhood, and Family Nutrition Crisis
Glastonbury Resident Launches Nutrition Nanny, Addressing Pregnancy, Childhood, and Family Nutrition Crisis
On the heels of an alarming 3% spike in youth obesity since the start of the pandemic, a CT-based startup, Nutrition Nanny®, offers a new direction forward.
GLASTONBURY, CT May 1 , 2022 – Deirdre Pizzoferrato, a 20+ year registered dietitian and industry-shaping innovator, announces the launch of Nutrition Nanny®, a nutrition education and intervention platform that provides customized solutions to nutrition and weight-related challenges from pregnancy throughout the teen years. Nutrition Nanny® is a return to Pizzoferrato’s true passion and mission after years of working in adult weight management as the Director of Protocol Innovation for a national weight loss company.
Prompting her return to Nutrition Nanny®, a venture that Pizzoferrato originally started over 15 years ago, was news of the spike in child and adolescent obesity rates resulting from school shutdowns and social isolation. “We anticipated that this unprecedented event would impact the current rates of child and adolescent obesity, but a rise in excess of 3% is far beyond expectation. That is a decades-rise in just 18 months. The long-term impact on the health of this generation will be devastating without intervention.”
And that intervention is what Nutrition Nanny® is offering virtually to families across the country. All customized plans and programs address behavior, environment, and personalized nutrition using its proprietary NutriBlocks Guidance system.
Customized plans for navigating these formative stages of development are provided by Nutrition Nanny®. Goals and actionable steps are reinforced through weekly online coaching sessions and education, organized in to plans for pregnancy for each trimester and family/children needs of all types. These include the fully individualized Blossom Plans, Eating for Two, Peace of Mind Consultation, and Back on Track: Family Action Plan.
The mission of Nutrition Nanny® goes beyond managing and reversing the current trends of pre-obesity and obesity. Unique to the Nutrition Nanny® brand and approach is the continuum of primary prevention and preventing the seeds of obesity from taking root beginning as early as pregnancy and extending throughout the early years of childhood.
Expectant Parents and Families who are looking for thoughtful and effective solutions to tackling issues of childhood nutrition, before and after they become problematic, can start by visiting the company’s website at www.nutritionnanny.com.
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For Business Inquiries, Contact:
Deirdre Pizzoferrato, Founder
For Media Inquiries, Contact:
Todd Richard
RESEARCHERS STUDY LINK BETWEEN NUTRITION AND COVID-19
https://nutritionnanny.com/researchers-study-link-between-nutrition-and-covid-19/Diet quality and risk and severity of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study
https://nutritionnanny.com/diet-quality-and-risk-and-severity-of-covid-19-a-prospective-cohort-study/Let’s Redefine Health & Nutrition in Your Family, Home, & Daily Life.
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